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cWelcome Screen
Select the welcome screen that is displayed when the camera is turned on.
Press the d button M z (setup menu) (A117) M cWelcome screen
None (default setting)
Welcome screen is not displayed.
COOLPIX
Displays a welcome screen.
Select an image
Select a picture in the internal memory or on the memory card for the welcome 
screen. Choose a picture in the picture selection screen (A111), and press the k 
button.
As the selected picture is stored in the camera, the picture will appear in the 
welcome screen even if the original picture is deleted.
•Pictures taken at an Image mode setting (A96) of 16:9, and copies created at 
a size of 320 × 240 or smaller using the small picture (A74) or crop (A75) 
functions, cannot be used.
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dDate
Set the camera’s internal clock.
Setting the Travel Destination Time Zone
1Use the rotary multi selector to choose Time 
zone and press the k button.
•The Time zone screen is displayed.
2Choose xTravel destination and press the 
k button.
•The date and time displayed on the monitor changes 
according to the region currently selected. Press the d button M z (Setup menu) (A117) M dDate
Date
Set camera clock to current date and time.
Use the rotary multi selector to set the date and time.
•Highlight an item (day, month, year, hour, minute, and the order in which day, 
month, and year are displayed): Press J or K.
•Edit the highlighted item: Press H or I, or rotate the rotary multi selector.
•Finish setting: After selecting the order in which the day, month, and year are 
displayed, press the k button (A21).
Time zone
Set the home time zone (w) and enable or disable daylight saving time. When the 
travel destination (x) is selected, the time difference (A122) between the travel 
destination and the home time zone (w) is automatically calculated and the date 
and time in the selected region are recorded. Useful when travelling.
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Date
Date
Time zone
Exit
London, Casablanca15/11/2009 15:30Time zone
Home time zone
Travel destination
Exit
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3Press K.
•The time zone selection screen is displayed.
4Press J or K to choose the travel destination 
time zone.
•When using the camera in an area where daylight 
saving time is in effect, press H to set the clock to 
daylight saving time. When daylight saving time is 
turned on, the W icon is displayed and the clock 
advances by one hour. To turn the setting off, press I.
•Press the k button to enter the travel destination time 
zone.
•While the travel destination time zone is selected, the 
Z icon will be displayed in the monitor when the 
camera is in shooting mode.
BBackup Battery
The camera’s internal clock uses a backup battery that is independent from the camera’s battery. The 
backup battery is charged while the main battery is installed or while the AC adapter is connected, 
and will remember the clock settings for several days after about ten hours of charging.
Cw (Home Time Zone)
•To switch to the home time zone, choose wHome time zone in step 2 and press the k button.
•To change the home time zone, choose wHome time zone in step 2 and perform the steps for 
xTravel destination to set the home time zone.
CDaylight Saving Time
When daylight saving time starts or ends, turn the daylight saving time option on or off from the 
time zone selection screen displayed in step 4.
DImprinting the Date on Pictures
After setting the date and time, set the Date imprint setting in the setup menu (A124). Once 
Date imprint is set, the shooting date and time can be imprinted on the image data when taking 
pictures.
London, Casablanca15/11/2009 15:30Time zone
Home time zone
Travel destination
Exit
11:30EDT:
New York
To r o n t o
Lima
Back
-04:00
EDT:New York
Toronto, Lima15/11/2009 11:30Time zone
Home time zone
Travel destination
Exit
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DTime Zones (A21)
The camera supports the time zones listed below.
For time differences not listed below, set the camera clock using Date.
UTC +/-LocationUTC +/-Location
-11Midway, Samoa +1Madrid, Paris, Berlin
-10 Hawaii, Tahiti +2 Athens, Helsinki, Ankara
-9 Alaska, Anchorage +3Moscow, Nairobi, Riyadh, 
Kuwait, Manama
-8PST (PDT): Los Angeles, 
Seattle, Vancouver+4 Abu Dhabi, Dubai
-7 MST (MDT): Denver, Phoenix +5 Islamabad, Karachi
-6CST (CDT): Chicago, Houston, 
Mexico City+5.5 New Delhi
-5EST (EDT): New York, Toronto, 
Lima+6 Colombo, Dhaka
-4 Caracas, Manaus +7 Bangkok, Jakarta
-3 Buenos Aires, Sao Paulo +8Beijing, Hong Kong, 
Singapore
-2 Fernando de Noronha +9 Tokyo, Seoul
-1 Azores +10 Sydney, Guam
±0 London, Casablanca +11 New Caledonia
+12 Auckland, Fiji
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eMonitor Settings
Change the settings for the options below.
Photo Info
The following display options are available.
See “The Monitor” (A6) for information on indicators in the monitor.
Press the d button M z (Setup menu) (A117) M eMonitor settings
Photo info
Choose information displayed in the monitor during shooting and playback mode.
Brightness
Choose from five settings for monitor brightness. The default setting is 3.
During ShootingDuring Playback
Show info
Auto info(default setting)The current settings or operation guide is displayed as in Show info 
above. After a few seconds, display will be the same as Hide info.
Hide info
Framing grid +
Auto infoIn A (auto) mode, a framing grid is 
displayed to help frame pictures; 
other current settings or operation 
guide is displayed for a few 
seconds, as in Auto info above.
 In other shooting modes, the 
current settings or operation guide 
is displayed, as in Auto info above.The current settings or operation 
guide is displayed, as in Auto info 
above.
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fDate Imprint
The shooting date and time can be imprinted in pictures 
at the time of shooting. This information can be printed 
even from printers that do not support printing of date 
and time (A94).
At settings other than Off, the icon for the current setting is displayed in the 
monitor during shooting (A6).
BDate Imprint
•Imprinted dates form a permanent part of image data and cannot be deleted.
•Dates imprinted at an Image mode (A96) setting of TV screen (640) may be difficult to read. 
Choose PC screen (1024) or larger when using date imprint.
•The date is recorded using the format selected in the setup menu’s Date option (A20, 120).
•Dates cannot be imprinted in the following situations.
- When using the Panorama assist scene mode
-Movie mode
CDate Imprint and Print Set
When printing from DPOF-compatible printers which support printing of shooting date and photo 
information, the date and information can be printed on pictures without date and time imprinted 
on them, using options in the Print set option (A92).
Press the d button M z (Setup menu) (A117) M fDate imprint
Off (default setting)
Date and time are not imprinted on pictures.
Date
The date is imprinted in pictures.
Date and time
The date and time are imprinted in pictures.
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gVibration Reduction
Reduce the effects of camera shake while shooting. Vibration reduction effectively 
corrects blur, caused by slight hand movement known as camera shake, that 
commonly occurs when shooting with zoom applied or at slow shutter speeds.
Set vibration reduction to Off when using a tripod to stabilize the camera during 
shooting.
When vibration reduction is enabled, the current setting is displayed during 
shooting (when Off is selected, an icon for the current setting is not displayed) 
(A6, 25).
BNotes on Vibration Reduction
•Vibration reduction may take a few seconds to activate after the power is turned on, or the camera 
enters shooting mode from playback mode. Wait until the display stabilizes before shooting.
•Due to characteristics of the vibration reduction function, images displayed in the camera’s 
monitor immediately after shooting may appear blurry.
•Vibration reduction may be unable to completely eliminate the effects of camera shake in some 
situations.
Press the d button M z (Setup menu) (A117) M gVibration reduction
On (default setting)
Vibration reduction is enabled when shooting still pictures and recording movies. 
Camera detects and factors out panning movements when reducing camera 
shake. When camera is panned horizontally, for example, vibration reduction 
reduces only vertical shake. If camera is panned vertically, vibration reduction 
affects only horizontal shake.
Off
Vibration reduction is disabled.
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UMotion Detection
Enable motion detection to reduce the effects of camera shake and subject 
movement when shooting still pictures.
The motion detection setting can be confirmed in the monitor while shooting 
(A6, 25).
The motion detection icon will glow green when the camera detects any vibration 
and increases the shutter speed. When Off is selected, the icon for the current 
setting is not displayed.
BNotes on Motion Detection
•Motion detection may be unable to completely reduce the camera shake and subject movement 
in some situations.
•Motion detection may not function if the subject exhibits significant movement or is too dark.
•Pictures taken using motion detection may be somewhat grainy.
Press the d button M z (Setup menu) (A117) M UMotion detection
Auto (default setting)
When camera detects the movement of the subject or camera shake, the shutter 
speed will be increased for reducing the effects of them.
However, motion detection does not function in the following situations.
•When the flash fires
•In auto mode, when ISO sensitivity (A102) is fixed
•In auto mode, when Multi-shot 16 is set (A101)
•In the following scene modes: Sport (A39), Night portrait (A39), 
Fireworks show (A43), and Backlight (A43)
•When subject tracking mode is selected
Off
Motion detection is disabled.
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hAF Assist
Enable or disable AF-assist illumination.
uDigital Zoom
Enable or disable digital zoom.
BNotes on Digital Zoom
•When using digital zoom, AF area mode is set to Center and cannot be changed (A104).
•Digital zoom cannot be used in the following situations.
- When Scene auto selector, Portrait or Night portrait is selected for scene mode
- When smart portrait mode is selected
- When subject tracking mode is selected
- When Multi-shot 16 is selected (A101)
- Before movie recording begins (digital zoom of up to 2× can be applied while movies are being 
recorded)
•When using digital zoom, Metering is set to Center-weighted.
Press the d button M z (Setup menu) (A117) M hAF assist
Auto (default setting)
AF-assist illumination will be used to assist the focus operation when the subject is 
poorly lit. The illuminator has a range of about 3.0 m (9 ft. 10 in.) at the maximum 
wide-angle position and about 1.0 m (3 ft. 3 in.) at the maximum telephoto 
position. However, note that for some scene modes, AF-assist illumination turns 
off automatically (A38 to 44) even if Auto is set.
Off
Disable this function. The camera may be unable to focus if lighting is poor.
Press the d button M z (Setup menu) (A117) M uDigital zoom
On (default setting)
When the camera is zoomed in to the maximum optical zoom position, rotating 
and hold the zoom control at g (i) triggers digital zoom (A27).
Off
Digital zoom will not be activated (except when shooting a movie).
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iSound Settings
Adjust the following sound settings.
kAuto Off
If no operations are performed for the selected length of time, the monitor will 
turn off and the camera enters standby mode (A19) to reduce drain on the 
batteries. The power-on lamp blinks in standby mode. If no operations are 
performed for another three minutes, the camera will turn off automatically.
Choose the time allowed to elapse before the camera enters standby mode if no 
operations are performed from 30 s, 1 min (default setting), 5 min, and 30 min.
CCanceling Standby Mode
Standby mode is canceled when the following buttons are pressed.
•Power switch
•Shutter-release button
CNotes on Auto Off
Regardless of the option selected, the monitor will remain on as follows.
•While a menu is displayed: If auto off is set to 30 s or 1 min, it is extended to 3 minutes.
•Slide show playback: maximum of 30 minutes
•AC Adapter EH-62F is connected: 30 minutes
Press the d button M z (Setup menu) (A117) M iSound settings
Button sound
Turn button sound On (default setting) or Off. A beep will sound once when 
operations are completed successfully, twice when the camera acquires focus on 
the subject, and three times when error is detected. Start-up sound will also play 
when the camera is turned on.
Shutter sound
Choose shutter sound from On (default setting) or Off.
Press the d button M z (Setup menu) (A117)M kAuto off
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